Katrina Shanks-Meltsner

Katrina Shanks-Meltsner

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Religious Status

Christian

Number of Episodes

52

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First Episode

254: Truth, Trivia and 'Trina (1994)

Last Episode

718: For Three Dollars More (2012)

[edit] Katrina-Pre-Novacom

Katrina Shanks was born in Chicago, Illinois and, went to college in Odyssey, and was on a game show, trying to win money to help with the tuition when she first met Eugene. Her parents are very wealthy, but wanted her to pay her own way through college. She started dating Eugene not long after and their relationship was never simple. It seemed like something was always going wrong. When Katrina became a Christian, with the help and guidance of Connie and Whit she decided she should break up with Eugene and move back in with her parents because Eugene was not saved. When she heard that Eugene had become a Christian about a season later, they began dating again, but went through some rocky times due to the long-distance dating. During her stays in Odyssey she worked at both Whit's End and Holstein's Books. Katrina and Eugene became engaged in #374: “For Whom The Wedding Bells Toll, Part 3”. It was during the Novacom saga when they married under strange conditions. Mr. Shanks, her father, was murdered by Andromeda, and Eugene and Katrina were married by her friend Brandon Teller at her father's bedside in the hospital just minutes before his death. After that she and her husband had to go into hiding for a few years as the tension wore off. No one was sure if we'd ever see them again.

[edit] Katrina Post-Novacom

In Album 44, titled appropriately, Eugene Returns, Katrina and Eugene come back suddenly. They had a proper wedding celebration when they returned and she helped her husband with his search for his father.

She also played a major role in the Green Ring Conspiracy, and helped Buck Oliver do the right thing and stand up to Jebidiah Skint.

In the episode #706:"To Mend Or Repair", it was found that Eugene and Katrina cannot have children. But there is always room for a miracle!

[edit] Family

Katrina has two brothers (mentioned in #283: “A Book by Its Cover”) but they have never appeared in any episodes. Katrina's mother, Millie Shanks, resides in Chicago and last visited Odyssey in the episode "For Better or For Worse". Armitage Shanks, her father, was in the hospital due to problems from Andromeda, and Eugene and Katrina were married by a friend at her father's bedside in the hospital just minutes before his death.

[edit] Friends and Personal life

Katrina is very close friends with Connie, as well as her former room-mate, Janice Mitchell. An old boyfriend and close family friend of hers is Brandon, who later became a pastor and even conducted Katrina and Eugene's wedding. In the episode To Mend or Repair Katrina and her husband, Eugene find out that they can not have children. She is a substitute teacher (You're Two Kind, How to Sink a Sub) and a tutor (The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 4)